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No. 6l3,437. Patented Nov. I, I898.

T. H BABCOCK, JR. IRONING BOARD.

(Application filed Apr. 8, 1898.) {No Model.)

IL IIIIiIi unil'ull UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THEODORE H. BABCOCK, JR, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

lRONlNG-BOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 613,437, dated November 1, 1898. Application filed April 8, 1898. 2 Serial No. 676,84=8. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THEODORE I-I. BABcooK, Jr. a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ironing-Boards, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to an improved ironing-board for special work.

The object of the invention is to provide an ironing-board-upon which the sleeves of shirt-waists may be readily and satisfactorily ironed, the ironing-board by its form and construction being susceptible of use especially at the upper enlarged portion of the sleeve, so that the same may be evenly rounded and ironed and left devoid of creases; and another object of the invention is to render the ironing board or stand adaptable for ironing other small work.

The invention consists in the construction of the. board and the combination therewith of the stand, on which it is rotatable, and in the appliances combined in the board and stand, all substantially as will hereinafter fully appear, and be set forth in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, in which the improved ironin gboard is illustrated, and in which-- Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the board and stand therefor mounted on the edge of a work-table. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section of the upper portion of the device as taken on the line 2 2, Fig. 1. Figs. 3, 4, and 5 are views in detail of a modification, illustrating the catch device to be herein after referred to.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all of the views.

In the drawings, A represents the ironingboard, which in practice may be about seven inches long, more or less, and of approximately a crescent form, the extremities being blunt or rounded, as shown at e.

The ironing-board is suitably cloth-covered or padded, as indicated at cl, and is supported to rotate upon the upper end of the post B, which stands as an upwardly-extending part of the clamp-stand O, which comprises the clamping-screw a. The board and clampstand are separately made, and the board is provided, set within a centrally-located circular hole therein, with a socket-bushing b, of hollow cylindrical form, downwardly opening and provided with the internal flange 1) or upper end wall and with the outlying flange b at its lower end to lie against the under side of the ironing-board. This flanged bushing may advantageously be made of cast-iron and driven with a close fit into the receivinghole therefor in the ironing-board.

The ironing-board is free to rotate or be partially rotated upon the upper end of the post for the purposes of facilitating and rendering more convenient the work to be performed.

The sleeve of the shirt-waist may be drawn over and have different portions thereof lie upon the top of the ironing-board, which latter by its crescent form is adapted to conform to various portions of the sleeve, all to the end of enabling the ironer to perform in an easy and convenient manner thesmoothing and rounding of the sleeve, which has heretofore been difficult of accomplishment, the capability of the board for being rotated or partially rotated adding materially to the facility with which the work may be done, and inasmuch as for some kinds of ironing-work other than the ironing of the sleeves of shirt waists and other similar garments it may be desirable, in order to best adapt the ironing board thereto, to have the board firm and non- "rotatable I have provided means whereby this may be insured, all in a mannerto permit,

when required, the rotation of the board, and yet so as not to add materially to the cost of the device, and on reference to Figs. 3, 4, and

5 of the drawings it will be perceived that'the post is provided with a slot g therein near its upper end, in which is located a simple dog in the form of a small bar or plate of iron 71, the

through the dog and the round portions of this journal-stem being supported in a round hole It therefor, transversely drilled through the post at a point intersecting the slot g. The extremity of the stem may receive a nut or be upset or riveted, while the opposite end thereof may be provided with an enlargement or knob whereby the stem may be turned so as to place the dog in an extended position laterally to engage in the recess j, formed in squared portion of the journal-stern passing the socket-bushing b, in which case the board will be held firmly and non-rotatably on the upper end of the post, or, as is plain, by properly turning the stem the dog may have a position in the slot wherebyit cannot engage in the recess of the bushing, leaving the board, therefore, free to be turned as desired.

The board and stand may be separated and compactly disposed to occupy small space for storage or transportation.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. An ironing-board and support therefor, consisting, of the clamp C comprising the confining-screw a and provided with the upstanding round post B, and the separable ironing-board A of crescent shape provided with the metallic socket-bushin g l) fitted within the thickness of the ironing-board,and provided with the internal flange b at its upper end and with the external flange b at its lower end which rests against the under side of the board, the said socketed bushing fitting over and adapted to be lifted from, its rotatable engagement with, the upper end of said upstanding post, substantially as described.

2. In an ironing-board, the combination with a clamp-stand comprising means for its attachment to a work-table, and the upstandin g post, of the ironing-board of crescent form provided with a socket-bushing which sets over and is free to rotate upon the upper end of said post, and means whereby, at pleasure said socket-bushing may be engaged and rendered non-rotatable with and relative to the post, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. In an ironing-board, the combination with the clamp-stand 0 having the confiningscrew a and the upstanding post B having below, but near, its upper end, the slot g, the dog located in said slot, and a stem transversely journaled in, and supported by, the post, intersecting said slot, and on which the said dog is mounted, of the ironing-board of an approximately crescent form, provided with the socket-bushing fitting rotatably upon the upper end of the post and provided with. a recess in which, at pleasure, the said dog may be caused to engage, substantially as set forth.

Signed by me, at New York, N. Y., this 30th day of March, 1898.

THEODORE II. BABCOCK, JR.

\Vitnesses:

JOHN E. TILTON, H. E. CLARK. 

